Differences Of Opinion Held On Foreign Policy
London imperial conference discussions reveal broad differences on foreign policy empire defence and the League of Nations. Australia urges unified empire policy while Canada opposes a London defence council. New Zealand hopes League reform. South Africa leans to restraint. Imperial armament plans and wartime supply questions are debated as Italy’s Ethiopian campaign casts a shadow.
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London
League of Nations
Ethiopia
Australia
Ccanana
South Africa
Canada
Commonwealth
Wenich
Imperial Defence Committees
Dominions
New Zealand
Mackenzie King
Ttn
Folow- Setemer
Titan
Britain
New
Maaleea
Eirenay
Zea Car Aich
Apecal League Assembly
Empire Arma
Arma
Grazing of Cattle Attracts Range Talk At Convention
LB Thomson, superintendent at Swift Current Sask, told 200 southeastern Alberta ranchers that 40 acres per head were needed for thrifty grazing and warned overgrazing endangers ranges. Glen A. Smith of US Agriculture cited $3,000,000 spent on water conservation. A voluntary rehabilitation agreement covering over 2,000,000 acres was signed by 34 ranchers.
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Medicine Hat
Ana
Thomson
Swift Current
Sask
Alterta
Short Grass Stock Growers Association
Manyberries
Alta
Glen A. Smith
United States Department of Agriculture
Montana
Honored In Death Printe To Be Paid To Pete Knight
A remembrance ceremony for Pete Knight, world champion bronk rider, will follow Calgary Stampede opening on July 5. Hon. James Gardiner and provincial and civic dignitaries will attend as cowboys in regalia pay tribute to their friend who rode from Crossfield Alberta to fame after a fatal Hayward California rodeo accident.
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Pete Night
Calgary
Knight
Crossfield
Alta
Hayward
Calif
Rodeo
James Gardiner
Egypt adopts something by unanimous vote
In a session with 46 members present the assembly approved Egypt's request after a special committee reviewed the matter. Earlier discussions on Ethiopia were raised but produced no decisive action.
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Egypt
Ethiopia
Duke of Kent Named as Potential President of Irish Free State
In a Dublin letter Alastair McCabe suggested inviting the Duke of Kent to become president of the Irish Free State when the new constitution takes effect. He argued a royal candidate could transcend party politics and symbolize united Ireland, potentially serving as governor of Northern Ireland as well.
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Duke of Kent
Irish Free State
Dublin
United Ireland
Northern Ireland
Canadian Legion Officials Meet Across Regions in June
Canadian Legion Ottawa says G Power minister of pensions and national health will attend Saskatchewan convention in Saskatoon on June 14 and Alberta command at Lethbridge on June 16. He will join Ottawa meetings starting June 21 with the Canadian Medical Association and plans a quick return to the capital subsequent to these events. He hopes to visit the Pacific coast later.
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Ottawa
G. Power
Pensions and National Health
Saskatchewan
Canadian Legion
Saskatoon
Alberta
Lethbridge
Canadian Medical Association
Power
Pacific
Ontario Premier Curtails Relief for Unemployed
Premier announced starting June 1 that all single unemployed in Ontario would be removed from relief rolls and required to seek work. He said the government will resume its farm employment campaign and pay transportation costs for single unemployed workers taking farm jobs. The premier told a deputation that relief rates will not be adjusted and the present works program will not be extended.
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Toronto
Mepburn
Ontario
Canadians Among 127 Decorated at Buckingham Palace
Nine Canadians were among 127 men and women honored by the king with Saint John Order insignia at Buckingham Palace. Mrs Lilliar Boyd of Montreal was the sole Canadian woman promoted to serving sister 2205.
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London
Order of Saint John of Jerusalem
Buckingham Palace
Lilliar, Boyd
Montreal
Laws Of Averages In Predicting Chance Outcomes
Dr A L Clark of the University of Toronto argues that probability laws extend beyond gambling to explain phenomena. In a Royal Society of Canada paper he cites coins, dice and large numbers to show how expectations converge as events increase.
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Toronto
Que University
A. L. Clark
University’ Faculty of Applied Science
Royal Society of Canada
Clark
Weed Killing Tank Train To Patrol Branch Lines
London section crews of Great Western Railway will use a special weed killing tank train to spray herbicide on 500 miles of branch line right of way. The unit can cover 25 miles at 400 gallons per mile without refilling, with future weed control along the route.
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Londons
Great Western Railway
Appointment Announced to Head Agricultural Markets Service
Ottawa announces RM Scott of Winnipeg as chief of the new Dominion agricultural markets formation service. Hon. J. G. Gardiner confirms vigorous policy under A. M. Shaw. Scott will supervise information dissemination on Canadian farm products, prices, market trends, and consumer guidance. A divisional radio price distribution for growers and consumer bulletins will be operated nationwide.
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M. Scott
Agricultural Markets Information Service
Ottawa
RM Scott
Winnipeg
New Dominion Agricultural Markets Formation Service
J. G. Gardiner
A. M. Shaw
Scott
Shaw
Empire
Canada
Soviet North Pole supply planes land after long chase
The third supply plane from Rudolf Island has landed near the pole after days missing. Expedition leader Prof Otto Schmidt and pilot I P Mazuruk report the landing as satisfactory. A second plane piloted by A D Alexieff over shot the mark but landed safely beyond the pole. Molokoff completed the 560 mile flight in seven hours 24 minutes with eight tons of cargo for the party of four to stay a year on the ice.
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Moscow
Soviet Union
North Pole
Pole
Otto J. Schmidt
I. P. Mazuruk
Rudolf Island
Vassily Molokoff
A. D. Alexieff
Molokoff
Escapee Vernon Campbell Dies After Gunshot Wounds
Vernon Blackie Campbell aged 23, Hawaiian, who escaped from Cashalla prison farm with Gordon Fawcett, died in Tacoma after emergency amputation of his left arm. He sustained six gunshot wounds during a police pursuit in Seattle following a hotel clerk holdup.
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Tacoma
Wash
Vernon
Blackie Campbell
Gordon Fawcett
Caxhalla
Burnaby
B.C
Seattle
Surplus Wheat To Be Sold By End Of Crop Year
Canada’s wheat board plans to dispose of its surplus wheat by end of the current crop year July 31. Chairman James R. Murray said the board will start the 1997-98 year with a clean slate and all old stock will be cleared, ending decades of carryover from 1930s and later.
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Canada
Wheat Beard
James R. Murray
The
Wheat Board
Ottawa
Murray
Turgeon Grain Commission
Turgeon Commission
French Plane Forced Down Near Bilbao Amid Rebel Fire
A French transport plane on a Bilbao Bayonne shuttle flight was forced to land on a sandy strip near Sopelana by insurgent fighters. Pilot Jean Gally sustained head wounds but survived. a Spanish passenger was wounded and three others were unhurt. The aircraft, marked with French registry, suffered heavy damage from machine gun fire.
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Bilbao
Spain
Here
Jean Gall
Biarritz- Bilbao
Air Pyrenees
Sopelana
Gally
Antonia Larranga
Bayonne
France
Biarritz
Exploratory talks on Great Lakes power plans with Canada
Washington reports ongoing exploratory conversations with Canadian authorities about power and navigation development in the Great Lakes St. Lawrence region. The discussions involve U S representative Walter G Andrews of Buffalo and aim to advance a new treaty framework.
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Washington
Remaant Roosevelt
United States
Walter G. Andrews
Buffalo
N.Y
Great Lakes-St. Lawrence
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Utrecht
Dominion
Buchman
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